Photographer: John Dixon

Stand Alone - From left, St. Matthew school 1st grade students Grant Evangelisti(cq), 6 (St. Nicholas), Alex Dobbins, 6 (St. Joseph) and Reagan Chladny(cq), 6 (Holy Mother Mary) parade past parents, family and other students in the school's annual All Saints Day parade in Champaign on Friday Oct. 26, 2012.

Photographer: Vanda Bidwell

Construction at the site of a new hotel in downtown Champaign, corner of Neil and Main, shot from the roof of One Main. photo taken friday oct 26,2012

Photographer: Vanda Bidwell

l-r- Olivia Webb,Illinois Bio-Diesel Initiative, and Amelia Neptune,Facilities and Services sustainability specialist, work on their banner and bicycle for the Homecoming Parade friday evening. As part of UIUC 2012 Sustainability Week,the Campus Bicycle Shop held an open house friday from 11 am to 1 pm. photo taken friday oct 26,2012

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Austan Goolsbee, former chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, gives the David Kinley lecture at the Knight Auditorium in the Spurlock Museum in Urbana, Ill. on Thursday, October 25, 2012.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Austan Goolsbee, former chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, gives the David Kinley lecture at the Knight Auditorium in the Spurlock Museum in Urbana, Ill. on Thursday, October 25, 2012.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Austan Goolsbee, former chairman of President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, gives the David Kinley lecture at the Knight Auditorium in the Spurlock Museum in Urbana, Ill. on Thursday, October 25, 2012.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Ben Roughton, left Orange, and Nevaeh Guldbrandsen, both 4th grade, watch as James Ellis makes a fire using a flint and steel. Melinda Watts-Ellis and James Ellis, Urbana, re-enact Voyageurs, French fur traders for students at Leal School in Urbana, Ill. on Wednesday, October 24, 2012.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Melinda Watts-Ellis and James Ellis, Urbana re-enact Voyageurs, French fur traders for students at Leal School in Urbana, Ill. on Wednesday, October 24, 2012.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Gary Stanberry unloads catchbasins at the site of the Crystal Lake pool in Urbana, Ill. on Wednesday, October 24, 2012.

Photographer: Vanda Bidwell

Mike Kelley,brickmason,Facilities and Services,replaces the brick on a piece of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.Freezing and thawing weakened the bricks. photo taken wednesday oct 24,2012

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

The Champaign and Urbana Fire Departments held a joint press conference about the hazards of CO at a home in Urbana, Ill. on Wednesday, October 24, 2012. L-R Dena Schumacher, PUblic Information Officer CFD, Gigi Lubin, First Alert, John Koler, deputy Fire Marshal CFD and Mike Dilley, Urbana Fire Chief.

Photographer: Robert K. O'Daniell

Lt Governor Sheila Simon talked about the high cost of education on the UI campus in Urbana, Ill. on Wednesday, October 24, 2012.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

A woman walks by a huge puddle in the parking lot of Country Fair in Champaign during one of the sunlit moments on Tuesday, October 23, 2012.

Photographer: Vanda Bidwell

Springfield Ave.,Rt.10, is closed at the railroad tracks by Prairie Gardens for repair. photo taken tuesday oct 23,2012

Photographer: Vanda Bidwell

Storytelling with Gladys Caines-Coggswell at Douglass Branch Library in Champaign. 3rd and 5th graders from BT Washington School listen to Gladys Caines- Cogswell, storyteller in residence at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum, as she tells stories passed on to her by her great grandmother. The CU Reading Program encourages everyone in Champaign Urbana to read and discuss "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".photo taken monday oct 22,2012

Photographer: Vanda Bidwell

Storytelling with Gladys Caines-Coggswell at Douglass Branch Library in Champaign. 3rd and 5th graders from BT Washington School listen to Gladys Caines- Cogswell, storyteller in residence at the Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum, as she tells stories passed on to her by her great grandmother. The CU Reading Program encourages everyone in Champaign Urbana to read and discuss "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer".photo taken monday oct 22,2012

Photographer: Vanda Bidwell

Rob Kutz,City of Champaign, clears the storm sewer of leaves at the corner of State and White in Champaign monday after the rain. Both corners were clogged with leaves, causing the street to flood. .photo taken monday oct 22,2012

Photographer: Vanda Bidwell

Landscape designer Mary Ann Metz cleans up the greenery around the sculpture at First St. and St. Marys Rd., at the IHotel. photo taken monday oct 22,2012

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Noah, owned by Gary Wacker, Champaign, tries to get out of the fenced yard of his home on Carson and Washington in Champaign on Monday, October 22, 2012.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Ed Perry, Urbana, of English Bros., Champaign, puts a rain cover on the roof of the Marine Bank on Neil Street in Champaign on Monday, October 22, 2012. The company is removing the old soffiting and installing a new facade on the building.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Nick Decker, Sidney, front, and Chuck Sollers, Philo, both of Sollers Masonry, wash off a south wall of Central High School in Champaign after they finished tuck pointing and sealing the wall. On Monday, October 22, 2012.

Photographer: Rick Danzl

Edison Elementary School students view turkey being cooked over a fire at the school in Danville Thursday October 25, 2012. Fifth graders were cooking traditional meal including turkey, potatoes, pioneer cornbread, fry bread, applesauce, corn fritters and white chocolate bread pudding and making apple cider for the annual Taste of the Colonies. At lunch students will eat outside like an authentic colonial meal.

Photographer: Rick Danzl

Edison Elementary School fifth graders Damon Morgan, left, and Mackinze Heald stir apples for apple sauce at the school in Danville Thursday October 25, 2012. Fifth graders were cooking traditional meal including turkey, potatoes, pioneer cornbread, fry bread, applesauce, corn fritters and white chocolate bread pudding and making apple cider for the annual Taste of the Colonies. At lunch students will eat outside like an authentic colonial meal.

Photographer: Rick Danzl

Edison Elementary School fifth grader Julia Lewis scoops out fried bread in the bowl held by Shyama Owen at the school in Danville Thursday October 25, 2012.

Photographer: Rick Danzl

Potatoes being cooked over a fire at the school in Danville Thursday October 25, 2012.

Photographer: Rick Danzl

Edison Elementary School fifth grader Jordan Kelly turns the handle of a cider press at the school in Danville Thursday October 25, 2012.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Miles Howerton-Sweid, 11, tries his hand at juggling at the Urbana Middle School celebration of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS) zero referral incentive at the school in Urbana on Thursday, October 25,2012. All students who attained a zero referral status for the first quarter of school were eligible to attend the PBIS incentive. Activities included jugglers, face painting and a color guard lesson, along with other activities for the students.Ê

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Katie Thies, left, and Antonia Junge, both 11, laugh as the miniature horse snorts during the Urbana Middle School celebration of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS) zero referral incentive at the school in Urbana on Thursday, October 25,2012. All students who attained a zero referral status for the first quarter of school were eligible to attend the PBIS incentive. Activities included jugglers, face painting and a color guard lesson, along with other activities for the students.Ê

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Students, including Autumn Ellis, 12, front, line dance during the Urbana Middle School celebration of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS) zero referral incentive at the school in Urbana on Thursday, October 25,2012. All students who attained a zero referral status for the first quarter of school were eligible to attend the PBIS incentive. Activities included jugglers, face painting and a color guard lesson, along with other activities for the students.Ê

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Students watch as members of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc, demonstrate their dancing skills during the Urbana Middle School celebration of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS) zero referral incentive at the school in Urbana on Thursday, October 25,2012. All students who attained a zero referral status for the first quarter of school were eligible to attend the PBIS incentive. Activities included jugglers, face painting and a color guard lesson, along with other activities for the students.Ê

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Julius Zumwalt,13, tries to reach the door handle to let himself out of the backseat while exploring a Urbana Police Department car during the Urbana Middle School celebration of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (PBIS) zero referral incentive at the school in Urbana on Thursday, October 25,2012. All students who attained a zero referral status for the first quarter of school were eligible to attend the PBIS incentive. Activities included jugglers, face painting and a color guard lesson, along with other activities for the students.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Henry Johnston, 2, Champaign, watches intently as Petry-Kuhne employees pour a sidewalk at Sunset Ridge Park along Staley Road in Champaign on Thursday, October 25, 2012.

Photographer: Robin Scholz

Petry-Kuhne employees pour a sidewalk at Sunset Ridge Park along Staley Road in Champaign on Thursday, October 25, 2012.

Photographer: John Dixon

Rashmi Kapoor of Champaign, an art student at Parkland College, paints a landscape of fall color at Crystal Lake Park in Urbana on Thursday Oct. 25, 2012. "I'm fascinated by the colors", said Kapoor. Kapoor and her classmates dotted the park awash in brilliant fall color.

Photographer: Rick Danzl

Alyssa Martin, 7, St. Joseph, raises her feet while taking a riding lesson at Thunder Wolf Trail Rides at Kickapoo State Park Friday October 26, 2012. Alyssa was with her dad Joe Martin, taking her weekly lesson.

Photographer: John Dixon

Stand Alone - Sophie Davis, 6, of Mahomet, hugs her mother, Lisa, in the Witch's House at 'Mystery at the Museum' at the Orpheum Children's Science Museum in Champaign on Friday Oct. 26, 2012. Children were able to do spooky science experiments, make Halloween masks, visit a scary Witch's House and enter a Jack-O-Lantern carving contest.

Photographer: John Dixon

Odin, a one year-old Great Dane, gets his hat put on by owner Lauren Dodge of Champaign at 'Howl'oween' a dog parade and costume contest at the Champaign Bark District dog park in Champaign on Sunday Oct. 28, 2012.